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The Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order of 1885 requires
the Council to keep a register of persons from time to time carrying
on the trade of dairymen or purveyors of milk, and provides
that a person may not carry on the trade unless registered.
In 1923 the Council passed a resolution that persons registered
as purveyors of milk and those applying for registration be informed
of the following conditions which must be observed:—
1. The milk container must be kept covered (to exclude
flies and dust) when not serving.
2. The milk container and its cover, and also the
measures used, must be scalded daily before use.
3. The floors and the fittings of the shop to be kept clean
and free from dust at all times.
4. If jams, syrups and/or pickles are sold from open
jars a closely fitting cover must be kept in position when not
serving.
5. No paraffin or similar oil, vegetables, fish, raw meat
or offal to be sold from the premises.
In the event of non-compliance with the foregoing conditions
steps were to be taken to cancel the registration, or in the case of
a new application that the same be refused unless the conditions
were agreed to.
During the year 1925, 141 applications for registration were
received from persons who proposed to sell milk, 29 of which were
for the sale of milk in sealed bottles only. Of these 140 were
granted, one being refused on the grounds that the premises
were not suitable for the storage of milk and for cleansing the
receptacles.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923. Under the provisions
of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, the
Minister of Health has issued an Order which prescribes the conditions
subject to which licenses may be granted for the sale of
milk, described as Certified, Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested),
Grade "A," Grade "A" (Pasteurised) and Pasteurised. Under
this Order the Council are authorised to grant licenses to persons
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